Maybe you grew up on the anarchic comedy of The Young Ones and The Comic Strip, laughed like an idiot at Bottom, marvelled at show-stealing Blackadder cameos, or thrilled to the wonderfully prescient satire of The New Statesman.

You may have even laughed with your kids at Drop Dead Fred or Rik’s groundbreaking retelling of George’s Marvellous Medicine on Jackanory.

I met Rik once. All the five journalists there as he held court agreed it was the most unforgettable moment of our careers. Such was the aura of the man. The BBC may have had flak for not clearing the schedules for a tribute last night but, to be fair, one night was never going to be enough.